It’s easy to look at the “bathtub ring” at Lake Mead and realize we’ve got a problem. The bleached-white cliff walls show us how far water levels have declined — more than 100 feet from the ...

FILE - A Samburu man gives cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022. The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in ...

Irrigation equipment seen in a Washington state crop field in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Ecology) With groundwater in parts of eastern Washington declining at an alarming rate, ...

The Central Arizona Project aqueduct carries Colorado River water, flowing beside the Norterra Pointe neighborhood in Phoenix. (Kelvin Kuo / Los Angeles Times) As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs ...

Record snowfall and rainfall this year, with tropical storm Hilary providing the latest blast, have brought major challenges to California but also an important opportunity for the managed recharge of ...

An analysis of Valley data centers predicts they'll guzzle eye-popping amounts of water, though one expert is skeptical.

The Times asked all 50 states how they manage groundwater. The answers show why the country’s aquifers are in trouble. TEXAS MISSOURI VERMONT Some farmers can claim a tax deduction for pumping.

In an age when sustainable water sources are paramount, the IAEA has unveiled an ambitious strategy to delve deeper into groundwater research. The Agency's new coordinated research project (CRP) on ...

RENO – Opponents of the nation's largest lithium mine under construction want federal officials to investigate whether the project in Humboldt County already has caused a drop in groundwater levels ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...